RECIPES: Spiked Ice Cream Soda

What’s new in ice cream sodas? How about a shot of tequila, rum, vodka or liqueur? The Barclay New York Hotel is helping guests beat the heat with a spiked ice cream soda menu. Using their recipes, you can give new meaning to the concept of an ice cream social. Pick a date, choose your…
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PRODUCT: Mango Vodka Brands For Cocktails

  [1] It tastes like mango juice mixed with vodka (photo by Katharine Pollak | THE NIBBLE). [2] Fresh mangoes (photo © National Mango Board).     There are a number of mango-flavored vodkas on the market: Absolut, Finlandia and Van Gogh, among others. We recently sat down with a bottle of Three Olives Mango…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Watermelon Martini

Take advantage of summer fruit by switching your cocktail choices. Save the Bloody Marys and Cosmos for fall, and make fresh fruit drinks while the sun shines. One of our favorite summer drinks is the Watermelon Martini. Not only is fresh watermelon delicious in a cocktail, but we love garnishing the drinks with slices of…
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